DonLever Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 https://variety.com/2020/music/obituaries-people-news/kenny-rogers-dead-dies-1203541233/ Vocalist Kenny Rogers, who dominated the pop and country charts in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of sleekly tailored hits and won three Grammys, has died. He was 81. Rogers “passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family,” a representative for the singer said in a statement. Due to the national COVID-19 emergency, the family is planning a small private service at this time with a public memorial planned for a later date. Rogers had announced a farewell tour in 2015 and was able to keep it going through December 2017. In April 2018, shortly before he was to spend a few months finishing out the tour after a break, he announced that he was having to call off the remaining dates (including a planned appearance at the Stagecoach Festival in California), due to unspecified “health challenges.” “I didn’t want to take forever to retire,” Rogers said his April 2018 statement. “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity to say farewell to the fans over the course of the past two years on ‘The Gambler’s Last Deal’ tour. I could never properly thank them for the encouragement and support they’ve given me throughout my career and the happiness I’ve experienced as a result of that.” Rogers was one of the progenitors of country-pop crossover at the superstar level. “I came into country music not trying to change country music but trying to survive,” he said in a 2016 interview with CMT.com. “And so I did songs that were not country but were more pop. Nowadays they’re not doing country songs at all. What they’re doing is creating their own genre of country music. But I told somebody the other day, country music is what country people will buy. If the country audience doesn’t buy it, they’ll kick it out. And if they do, then it becomes country music. It’s just era of country music we’re in.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post RUPERTKBD Posted March 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2020 Guess it was time to fold 'em... RIP Kenny. 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastal.view Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 i know this might be perceived by some to be in questionable taste but anyway some will do anything to avoid exposure to covid-19 rip kenny you had a good run all of us can hope for similar lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerridwen Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 (edited) He was definitely an artist of an era.... songs like The Gambler, Lucille and Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town etc definitely take you back to a specific time and place. RIP, Kenny...the Christmas songs with Dolly will have a much more poignant flavour when December rolls around and all of a sudden, the lyrics of The Gambler hit a little closer to home... " Every gambler knows That the secret to survivin' Is knowin' what to throw away And knowin' what to keep. 'Cause every hand's a winner, And every hand's a loser, And the best that you can hope for Is to die in your sleep." And when he finished speakin' He turned back toward the window Crushed out his cigarette And faded off to sleep And somewhere in the darkness The gambler he broke even And in his final words I found an ace that I could keep You got to know when to hold 'em Know when to fold 'em Know when to walk away And know when to run ..... Kenny's duets were unforgettable ... Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer with Kim Carnes Every Time Two Fools Collide with Dottie West We've Got Tonight with Sheena Easton Edited March 21, 2020 by Cerridwen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 RIP Gambler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Canuck Surfer Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Man, what a singing voice! Died peacefully in his sleep. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 18 minutes ago, Canuck Surfer said: Man, what a singing voice! Died peacefully in his sleep. Not moaning and crying, during a nightmare, like the Gatlin boys 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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aGENT Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 21 hours ago, lmm said: That was my first non 'kids' concert that my parents took me to as a kid. Never forget Kenny and Dolly coming down in a cage from the ceiling of the coliseum in a sea of smoke singing that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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